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Re: Fwd: Re: fis-gtm



On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 01:55:27PM -0400, Bhaskar, K.S wrote:

> > >           For normal usage, GT.M does not need a special user or
> > > group.
> >
> > do you know what other people choose if they install GT.M?
> >
> [KSB] I am not sure what you mean by "what other people choose".  Think 
> of GT.M as a program such as LibreOffice.  You don't need a userid for 
> LibreOffice - I just use it with my normal user id.  If I want to create 
> a document to jointly edit with my group, I can create it with group 
> read-write permissions and no world access.
> 
> GT.M works the same way - there is no daemon, as there is with other 
> databases.  Processes run as normal users and groups and are able to 
> access databases if and only if the file ownership and permissions allow 
> them to do so.  More discussion in the GT.M Security Philosophy and 
> Implementation technical bulletin 
> (http://tinco.pair.com/bhaskar/gtm/doc/articles/GTM_Security_Philosophy.html).
> 
> So, there is no special GT.M user.  Period.

In other words, GT.M is like SQLite (in that respect) ?

Karsten
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